IMH Financial Corporation said adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 was $1.2 million or $0.08 per common share, compared to $3 million or $0.18 per common share for the same period in 2014.
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For the three months ended March 31, 2015, top line revenue (the sum of operating property revenue, investment and other income, and mortgage loan income) increased by 44.6%, to $9.5 million, as compared to $6.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
The increase in top line revenue is due primarily to improved performance at the Company’s operating hotels resulting from aggressive marketing efforts, coupled with the realization of $1.75 million of investment income related to the settlement and wrap-up of our FX3 investment.
Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $1.2 million, a $1.8 million decrease from $3.0 million adjusted EBITDA for the same period in 2014. Adjusted EBITDA per common share was $0.08 for the first quarter of 2015 compared to $0.18 for the same period in 2014.
The decrease in adjusted EBITDA is primarily attributable to the small net loss on asset sales in the first quarter of 2015 (as compared to a net gain on asset sales of $5.4 million in the corresponding quarter in 2014) offset by reduced interest expense and depreciation recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2015.
Operating expenses were $12.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2015, down by $2.8 million, or a 17.7% improvement, from $15.6 million during the same period in 2014. This is primarily attributed to reductions in interest expense and professional fees in the quarter ended March 31, 2015 over the respective quarterly period in 2014.
Interest expense totaled $2.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2015, a reduction of $2.1 million or 42.2%, from $4.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2014. Similarly, year over year professional fees were reduced by $1.4 million or 52.7%, from $2.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2014, to $1.2 million during the same period in 2015.
The Company recorded net losses from the disposal of assets of $42,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2015, as compared to net gains from the disposal of assets of $5.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The net loss on disposal recorded during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 related to the sale of one asset which, net of related selling costs, sold slightly below its carrying value.
Adjusted net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 was $2.2 million compared to adjusted net loss of $2.9 million loss for the same period in 2014. Adjusted net loss per common share was $0.15 for the first quarter of 2015 compared to adjusted net loss per common share of $0.17 for the same period in 2014.
The decrease in adjusted net loss is attributed to lower gains from asset sales during the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to the amounts recognized for the same quarter in 2014.
Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $3.5 million compared to a $3.0 million net loss attributable to common shareholders for the same period in 2014. Net loss per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $0.23 compared to $0.18 for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
The increase in net loss attributable to common shareholders is primarily due to lower than expected asset sales and lower gains from asset sales, coupled with dividends the Company was contractually obligated to pay to holders of our preferred stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2015. ■